Revista médica de Chile
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Revista médica de Chile · Sep 2020
[Role of medical students in the accompaniment of patients. Reflections about a true case].
We share the experience of a clinical relationship that arose between a medical student and a patient hospitalized due to a SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia. The analysis of this experience and the discussion of medical students' possible role in patient care suggest that they should be included as members of the health care team during their clinical practice. This would mean a positive contribution for both the patients' care and the students' learning experience.
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Revista médica de Chile · Sep 2020
Survival rates of advanced estrogen-receptor positive breast cancer. Analysis of 211 cases.
About 80% of breast cancer (BC) cases express estrogen receptor (ER), which has been correlated with good prognosis and response to estrogen deprivation Aim: To characterize ER positive advanced BC (ABC) patients treated at our institution assessing the impact of clinical pre-sentation (stage IV, de novo disease at diagnosis versus systemic recurrence) and BC subtype on survival rates. ⋯ Clinical presentation (stage IV vs. systemic recurrence) and tumor subtype are key determinants of OS in ABC.
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Revista médica de Chile · Sep 2020
[Magnetic resonance of the hands for the diagnosis and follow-up of rheumatoid arthritis].
Conventional radiography of hands has been the imaging technique used for the early diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis, considering its easy access and ability to reveal structural damage. However, it does not provide information about inflammatory activity or prognosis of this disease. ⋯ This article reports the imaging protocol for magnetic resonance of the hands used at our institution for the diagnosis and follow-up of patients with rheumatoid arthritis. We also review the main imaging findings of the disease.